Week Three Day Five

Today I really have felt good.  This morning I woke up early enough to walk Pippin before walking over to workout.  I worked out hard and felt so good about doing something physical that got me up and moving before school.

For breakfast, I had 1 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 1/2 ounce almonds.  My morning snack was my usual ounce of almonds.  Yesterday night I took a half hour and made a bean salad.  Now I have never been a fan of beans, but the last week, the taco meat hasn't appealed to me and it's been harder and harder to eat it.  I don't know the individual calorie breakdown of it because I'm not sure what a serving size is or how many of them there are.  Here's the recipe.

http://www.onceuponachef.com/2010/08/black-bean-salad-with-corn-red-peppers-avocado-lime-cilantro-vinaigrette.html

I adjusted it by not adding the salt, cayenne pepper, sugar, olive oil and cilantro.  I replaced the shallots with 1/2 of a large purple onion, and added a tomato to it.  It was FANTASTIC!!!  At lunch, I had 2 1/2 cups of it.  I loved it.

I noticed at school that, while I sat for some of the classes, I had the energy to stand up for a couple of my later ones.  I just felt like movement was easier.

For a snack when I got home, I ate the equivalent of three oatmeal/raisin/white chocolate chip crumbles.  I also had 2 pieces whole wheat bread and 2 TB peanut butter.  After the snack, I took Pippin for another short walk around the park.

For dinner, I had more of the bean salad- 2 cups of it, and a piece of cheddar cheese.

I drank 6 glasses of water and put 10487 steps on my pedometer.

Things feel good.